Here's another pic of the river I live close to. During the rainy season, around August & September, the river will actually be all the way up and sometimes even over the wall and flooding the city. It's crazy to watch it rise slowly and then to see it fall 6 metres overnight.
Last week I was out close to the river with one of my local friends. As we were walking a kid 'itfadled' us to sit and have tea with him. Normally I would have politely said no and kept walking (we were in the middle of nowhere and I'd never seen this kid in my life, however it is very normal for complete strangers to invite you to share their tea or their meal, pretty much anything that they have) but my friend wanted some tea so we went over. The kid (probably 18 so maybe not so much a kid) actually took a bowl down to the river, scooped out some water, heated it up (but definitely did NOT bring it to a boil) and then made our tea with it. I managed to successfully get the bug out of my glass without him noticing, however, I did not manage to get the mud out....yum. So yeah, I should have another 5 or 6 days of the good life before whatever it is that I drank comes to life in my stomach. I can't take any medicine until I actually get sick but should I go to the pharmacy now so that I have it around or wait and have my roommate do it later? I actually have not been sick yet, 10 months and no problems, I think that might be a record. I hate to sound pessimistic about this sick thing but I think this time it's inevitable!
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Okay, I'm pretty sure I have something going on in my stomach NOW that I'd sware (wait, that's not how you spell that word, is it...and yet I have no idea how you really do spell it) that it was giardia. Wow... You must email and tell me where the new sandwhich place is. Since I've been home I've been a sandwhich, pork, and cereal fiend. I'm pretty sure people think I'm crazy, but I know the truth!!
Love - Steph
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